We continue to cook and teach ourselves in our 21st year. In January we did Hannah Glasse’s Thatched house pie [photos in the Photos category]. In February we have made root soup and coffee by roasting the green beans and grinding the beans after roasting.

The NC Museum of History did a live stream/podcast from the kitchen house on cooking ways and foods of the season the end of January. See our description of this under “Reporting”.

Candle 2

Top Crust Thatched Pie

Flipped Thatched Pie

The making of a winter vegetable chartreuse, using layers of root vegetables with butter and parsley sauce in between the layers. [slices of white potato, turnip, beet, carrot, rutabaga] Served with chicken forced meat balls, bread and bacon forced meat balls, and fruit sauce and onion sauce. February 9, 2017.

2016

Stuffed stomach in boiling water over the fire.

Paulette holds the finished haggis!

A new light for 2016.

Blessing our first hearth fire January 2016.

Polk Site Kitchen Fire due to Overheating high up in the Chimney.

Roof fire in the kitchen cabin, October 2014

Guild prepared desserts at the Firemen’s luncheon, to thank them for saving our home from the fire.

Leila’s last cooking day, June 12, 2014; though she is still doing special cooking events at Polk.

In September 2013, the cooking guild meets President George Washington at Hezekiah Alexander’s home where we presented the midday meal for the common folk. President Washington was feted to a picnic.

Celebrating our 16th anniversary, September 2013, with syllabub and old friends/ former members.

September 2013: food preservation.

– Kathy with preserved fruits/leathers.

– Audrey with a bountiful table and various ways of preserving fruits and vegetables

– Linda with Jerusalem artichoke in the kitchen garden.

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Next MHA Meeting

Monday, March 18, 2019

The Great Flood of 1916

Trinity Presbyterian Church. Dinner is as 6:30 followed by the program at 7:15. Those not having dinner may enjoy the program at no charge. To make a reservation for dinner use the order form in your MHA Newsletter or contact Barbara Taylor at 308 Braxton Dr., Indian Trail 28079, btaylor797@aol.com or 336-404-1751.

Please note that the Fellowship Hall at Trinity has been extensively renovated. It is no longer accessible from the parking lot at the rear of the building. The entrance is now at the front of the building; a the new, more accessible parking lot is located there.

Details on this presentation will be posted early in March, 2019

Next Docent Meeting

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

A Moravian Christmas Tea and Luncheon

Please join us in the Fellowship Hall of Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church for the MHA Docents’ December Tea and Luncheon, our gift to the history community to share with friends both old and new. The business meeting is at 9:45 am; the program at 10 will be followed by the tea. This year we will again accept donations for the Toys for Tots program. To participate bring a new, unwrapped toy.

Our program featuring Moravian Christmas traditions will be presented by Joyce Vance. She will explain the historic context that gave rise to the Moravian star, candle, Candle Tea, love feasts, and the Putz. A Putz is the custom of telling a story through a scenic arrangement of figurines; the Nativity Scene that we are all familiar with is a form of Putz. Our Mecklenburg ancestors had close ties to the Moravian settlement of Salem, NC as many of their daughters were educated at the Salem Female Academy, probably the finest school of this type in the state. The village of Salem was also known for its fine craftsmen and as a good place to trade and shop. We will feature some of the Moravian traditions in our food and décor.

Joyce Vance is director of Christian Education at Peace Moravian Church, and will have a lot of information to share.